NOCTURNI. 2 1 



Pontefract (^.i^:) ; Richmond (G^.i^.^) ; Rotherham !! 

 ( W. Thomas) ; Scarborough {J.H.R.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; 

 Wakefield (W.T.) ; York {T. Wilson). 



Sesia apiformis L. Not common. 



Scarborough {T. IV.). The Rev. ' F. O. Morris also 

 gives Rawmarsh, near Rotherham, and Sheffield as locali- 

 ties. 



Zeuzera aesculi Z. This species, very common in the south, 

 is seldom seen with us. 



Barnsley {J.H.) ; Huddersfield, I have only seen 

 one specimen, taken by Mr. J. Varley in 1876 ; very 

 curiously Mr. S. L. Mosley two days before the capture 

 found an empty pupa-case, evidently of this species, in the 

 same neighbourhood {G.T.F.) ; Rawmarsh, near Rother-, 

 ham {F.O.M., Neville Wood's Nat., June x?>2,l); Selby 

 {T.F. and F.II.) ; Sheffield (^A.D); Wakefield,one ( W.T.); 

 York, in 1880 {W.P). 



Cossus ligniperda Fab. Not generally common, but of 

 more frequent occurrence than the last. 



Askern {S.D.B.) ; Askham Bog, " a row of balsam 

 poplars on the gutter side which separated the two rough 

 fields between Chandler's Whin and the Bog, have all been 

 destroyed by the larvae of this species " ( W.P.) ; Barnsley, 

 in 1880 (iVrt/. vi. 44) ; Hull {J. W.T); Leeds (^.^.) ; 

 Market Weighton ( W.P.) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Richmond 

 {G.P.H.) ; Scarborough {T. W) ; Selby (K.R.) ; Sheffield 

 {A.D.); Wakefield (^W.T). 



Hepialus hectus L. Abundant in all the wooded parts of 

 the county. 



Hepialus lupulinus L. Very abundant all over the county. 



Hepialus sylvinus L. Generally distributed and plentiful. 

 Askham Bog (W.F.) ; Barnsley {J.H.) ; Bradford 

 (y. W.C) ; Bramham, rare {/.Sm.); Harrogate {/. Sang) ; 



